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Pennsylvania's Auditor General Jack Wagner has called for serious changes at Penn State.

And no, we didn't just make up the term auditor general.

Wagner has asked PA's governor, Tom Corbett, and state lawmakers to demand Penn State's "antiquated" power structure be reorganized.

He said that the power at Penn State was cut-off from outside eyes and in the hands of too few people.

Wagner believes that the conspiracy of silence surrounding the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse case would have been uncovered sooner if the distribution of power was different.

Tags: change, cover, jerry sandusky, men, penn state, people, president, record, report, school, serious, sex, sex abuse, strong, university

A team of researchers at Duke University have made a small cylinder invisible to microwave radiation.

This is far away from cloaking a person, but still pretty significant.

What they did was create a

Tags: cloak, cloaking, harry potter, invisibility, problem, radiation, research, researchers, scientists, team, university, work, working

So wait, is marijuana performance enhancing? No?

Well, does that mean that people who play sports in Colorado are not allowed to drink alcohol, or smoke cigarettes? No?

Then we don't see what the big deal is here, NFL. Why are you harshing peoples' perfectly legal mellow?

LOLz!

It's true, the NFL is keeping marijuana on it's illegal substance list for those who play for Colorado teams.

Tags: alcohol, athlete, athletes, cigarette, drink, football, injury, marijuana, nfl, performance, smoking, sports, team, university

Pennsylvania prosecutors are getting ready to charge Penn State's former president Graham Spanier in connection with the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal!

They are planning on charging him with perjury and obstruction of justice for allegedly covering up Sandusky's child abuse.

He was fired from Penn State during the Sandusky scandal after serving as the university's president for 16-years.

He apparently is now being charged specifically due to

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In the wake of the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal, Penn State was slapped with some pretty serious sanctions from the NCAA regarding its football program.

Mark Emmert, president of the NCAA, has defended these sanctions, even though they're some of the most severe ever handed down.

Emmert decided to clarify their intent, saying:

Tags: abuse, banned, coach, controversy, cover, death, football, game, jerry sandusky, joe paterno, million, ncaa, penn state, people, president, scandal, serious, sex, sex abuse, university

A new study out of Stanford University has shown that the brains of older mice were rejuvenated when they were given blood from younger mice.

Hmm… so youth is the fountain of youth?

One of the researchers said:

Tags: age, blood, brain, chemicals, drug, new study, prevent, research, researchers, show, study, university, young, youth

If this is true, verifiable, repeatable… then this discovery will go down in history as one of the biggest science solutions ever.

The Japanese Kyoto University team in Japan are saying they have created eggs from embryonic stem cells — ones that can produce healthy offspring!

Tags: baby, child, donate, eggs, female, gay, health, healthy, japan, men, parents, partner, relationship, science, university